The Expedition Optimism Mindset Ep. 64


How to maintain optimism among your team when faced with unexpected challenges. Jill and Robert recorded this while walking the Tip to Tip trail at Burritts Rapids on the Rideau Canal, near Ottawa. A very cold, windy day! Here are some links:
Diving Into The Darkness – a new feature documentary about Jill’s life as an underwater explorer. Diving Into The Darkness Film
Info about Burritts Rapids

Predictions 2024 – Strolling Into the New Year Ep. 63

Yes, we went for a stroll along the Mississippi River (NOT THAT Mississippi) and discussed our predictions about the world for 2024. From AI to exploration and scuba diving, we share our vision of the next year. Happy New Year! Please subscribe and visit Jill’s website at Into The Planet.

James Cameron, Dr. Joe MacInnis and Mentoring

L-R: Astronaut Dave Williams, Jill Heinerth, James Cameron, Joe Fry, Dr. Joe MacInnis

Jill spent a day at the RCGS HQ with James Cameron, Dr. Joe MacInnis and other exploration luminaries. Several years ago Jill took James Cameron cave diving in Florida as he developed advanced underwater cinema techniques and equipment. We discuss what mentoring meant to Cameron’s success and encourage mentoring today.

Lanier Phillips and Diving the Wreck of the USS Truxtun

Lanier Phillips at Chambers Cove

Jill Heinerth tells the remarkable story of African-American sailor Lanier Phillips, one of the few survivors of the World War-Two wreck of the USS Truxtun at Chambers Cover, St. Lawrence, Newfoundland. Jill dived on the wrecks of the Truxtun and USS Pollux as part of the recent Great Island Expedition

Locks and hardware on the sea floor
Great Island Expedition Dive Team – Photo: Maxwel Hohn

 

Queen Anne’s Revenge and Banned Books

Jill visits East Carolina University and the marine archeologists studying Blackbeard’s ship Queen Anne’s Revenge. This leads to revelations of the vessel’s previous incarnation as the slave ship Le Concorde and how some would rather skip that part of the unpleasant history. All this plus traveling with vaccine passports, banned books and Robert doesn’t even know what day it is anymore. Episode 45.

Archaeologists at the QAR Conservation Laboratory

Flying Boats, Losing Drones, Minus 32C Weather and the Geography of the Mississippi

Jill tells tales of flying boats while filming a PBS documentary series. How to lose your camera drone, and Robert gives up on everything in -32C freezing weather. And a geography lesson about Canada’s “other” Mississippi river. Below is a link to “Water’s Journey, The River Returns” the film Jill refers to in the podcast.